Planet of the ApesSocial misfits (a recurring tendency in Burton's endearing gallery of not-quite-fully-integrated protagonists) don't come much more alienated than in Burton's 're-imagining' of this 1968 sci-fi classic, based on the fantasy novel by Pierre Boulle, in which astronaut Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) takes a wrong turn into a wormhole and crash lands on a planet where intelligent apes rule and humans are subjugated.
Leo puts his faith and hope for escape in Ari (Helena Bonham Carter), a progressive-thinking chimp and human rights activist, but their resistance movement faces formidable opposition from querulous alpha apes Thade (Tim Roth) and Attar (Michael Clarke Duncan).
Rick Baker's make-up special effects afforded Burton's actors an impressive range of facial expressiveness, while the Ape School attended by the cast members ironed out any kinks in the actors' physical mannerisms.
Charlton Heston cameos as Thade's father in a fanboy nod to Franklin Schaffner's original.
